{"id":9,"date":"2011-07-18T20:26:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsr.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2017-08-10T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T09:02:42","slug":"178-qualification-vs-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/178-qualification-vs-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualification vs. Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Open any newspaper and count the type of advertisements you find inside the most? Or just notice what industry do supplements circulated the maximum number of times along with newspapers, cater to? It\u2019s higher education. As more and more students are \u2018being pushed\u2019 for higher education (in India or abroad), it is essential to understand the role of\u00a0<strong>higher education<\/strong>\u00a0vis-\u00e0-vis\u00a0<strong>experience<\/strong>\u00a0in creating a successful career growth path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s a quickie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Qualification<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updates you with new knowledge about your choice of industry<\/li>\n<li>Offers you an opportunity to work for the organization of your choice<\/li>\n<li>Higher education specializes you in your field<\/li>\n<li>You gain a \u2018degree\u2019 over your peers and thus derive a mental edge over them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have been there and done that. You know the industry first hand, practically.<\/li>\n<li>You know the pitfalls, where they occur and how to avoid falling into them.<\/li>\n<li>You have realized your abilities through application, rather than theoretical knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>You can actually measure the need of the industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Take your pick!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MBA colleges are mushrooming in nooks and corners of every city in India and almost all graduates consider it as the next best step to take. But one needs to understand first whether the combination of one\u2019s undergraduate courses and MBA will set him apart from the crowd or not. According to Prof Dr. KSB Nayar, PhD LLB FBIM, London and MDP, IIMA, one cannot man the managerial and leadership positions of tomorrow with yesterday\u2019s knowledgebase, skill-set and behavioural-attitudinal inputs. He says that undergraduate studies focus more on building \u2018technical\u2019 capabilities in handpicked disciplines rather than adoption of a \u2018holistic\u2019 approach towards developing people for the ever-changing managerial and leadership scenario worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Others however feel otherwise. According to the head of head of HR, Philips India and Indian Sub-Continent, your qualification only acts as an entry ticket to your dream company. He says, \u201cOnce you\u2019re in the company and the first performance review takes place, all else is forgotten and weightage falls entirely on the results you deliver and the behaviour you are exhibiting. So, though qualification is an entry ticket, it progressively becomes irrelevant and this offers you a level-playing field in the company. That\u2019s why basic engineers sometimes catch up fast or even surpass people with better qualification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The question is, \u2018Are you improving with time?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to VP HR, CGI, the real question is whether you continue to grow and learn. You might be from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivy_League\">Ivy League<\/a>, but if your learning curve has come at a halt, you are of no use to the company. A conscious strategy for continual enhancement of capabilities is imperative to sustain a dynamic, innovative and creative mindset and is essential to scale up one\u2019s abilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what is it\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately the question still boils down to what recruiters are looking for in fresh candidates. One perspective is that this depends on what kind of organisation one is applying to. In certain cases, the stamp of an institute would matter and offer an advantage. However, if it\u2019s a better profile we are talking about, then relevant experience definitely matters more. Again, every private company differentiates between employee bands according to qualification or minimum years of experience. Thus, both play an important role. So you need to choose rightly while keeping in mind your own capabilities and strengths.<\/p>\n<p>Article Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/quickiearticleshow\/9207953.cms\">The Economic Times<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This post first appeared on the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><strong>getsetResumes.com Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsetResumes.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Picture12.png\" alt=\"Get Set Resumes - Making Resumes Better!\" width=\"548\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Picture12.png 548w, https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Picture12-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open any newspaper and count the type of advertisements you find inside the most? Or just notice what industry do supplements circulated the maximum number of times along with newspapers, cater to? It\u2019s higher education. As more and more students are \u2018being pushed\u2019 for higher education (in India or abroad), it is essential to understand the role of\u00a0higher education\u00a0vis-\u00e0-vis\u00a0experience\u00a0in creating a successful career growth path. Here\u2019s a quickie Qualification Updates you with new knowledge about your choice of industry Offers you an opportunity to work for the organization of your choice Higher education specializes you in your field You gain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,362],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getsetresumes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}